By our reporter| The Ogun state police command on Sunday, said, a woman, Blessing Ebuneku Agoro (35) has been for allegedly selling her two biological daughters aged four and two.
A statement by the state police spokesman, DSP, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the Redeemed Camp divisional headquarters by her husband, Oluwaseyi Agoro.
She was said to have sold the two children to a couple in Port Harcourt at the rate of ₦300,000.
According to the husband, he traveled for some time, and when he returned on June 8, he couldn’t find his two daughters, and all efforts to make his wife tell him the whereabouts of the children proved abortive.
Following the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Redeemed Camp division Chief Superintendent of Police, Alabi Akinjide detailed his detectives to apprehend the suspect, who had already been with the camp’s Code Of Conduct Department.
The statement read in part, “On interrogation, the suspect explained to the police that, her husband left home for the past two years, and while he was away, she found it difficult to cater for the two children and two other children she had with another man.
“She stated further that while she was contemplating on what to do, one Kolawole Imoleayo introduced her to a couple in Port Harcourt who are in dire need of children, and she sold the two daughters to the couple at the rate of ₦300,000.
“Her confession led to the arrest of the said intermediary, Kolawole Imoleayo. They are now both assisting the police in their investigation.”
The statement further stated that Edward Ajogun, the state police commissioner, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
He has equally directed that the children must be rescued and brought back to their parents as soon as possible.
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